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The defense called Silas S. Smith, Jesse N. Smith, Elisha Hoops, and Philo T. Farnsworth, [51] who were part of George A. Smith's party on August 25, 1857 when he camped near the Baker-Fancher party in Corn Creek. Each of them testified that they either saw, or suspected, that the Baker-Fancher party poisoned a spring and a dead ox, later eaten ...
Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was an American inventor and television pioneer. [2] [3] He made the critical contributions to electronic television that made possible all the video in the world today. [4]
Sarnoff was the maternal uncle of screenwriter Richard Baer. [22] Sarnoff was credited with sparking Baer's interest in television. [22] According to Baer's 2005 autobiography, Sarnoff called a vice president at NBC at 6 A.M. and ordered him to find Baer "a job by 9 o'clock" that same morning. [22] The NBC vice president complied with Sarnoff's ...
The Farnsworth Invention is a stage play by Aaron Sorkin adapted from an unproduced screenplay about Philo Farnsworth's first fully functional and completely all-electronic television system and David Sarnoff, the RCA president who stole the design.
Robert W. Sarnoff (July 2, 1918 – February 23, 1997) was an American businessman best known as the chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Radio Corporation of America (RCA) after assuming those positions on the retirement of his father, David Sarnoff.
Philo Farnsworth: 64 Television pioneer March 16 Bebe Daniels: 70 Actress (42nd Street) August 27 Bennett Cerf: 73 Publisher and game show panelist (What's My Line?) December 12 David Sarnoff: 80 Television pioneer December 30 Melba Rae: 49 Actress (Search for Tomorrow) December 31 Pete Duel: 31 Actor (Alias Smith and Jones)
American Genius is an American documentary series focusing on the lives of inventors and pioneers who have been responsible for major developments in their areas of expertise and helped shape the course of history.
Evan I. Schwartz is an American author who writes about history, innovation, tech, music, and media.. He has written five non-fiction books, including The Last Lone Inventor: A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television, the story of inventor Philo Farnsworth and his epic battle with RCA tycoon David Sarnoff, named by Amazon Books as one of "100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a ...